Expertise in these three areas will be much sought-after by IT hiring managers this year:
- web development
- mobile development
- large-scale analysis
Boston Web Tech Job Market
The list of Top 25 Web Technologies in Boston has been updated for the first quarter. It appears in the right-hand column and below. This list is based on keyword searches in job postings at Indeed.com. The most in-demand keywords are listed more frequently than less in-demand keywords.
Top 25 Web Technologies in Boston
Here is an abbreviated list of the 25 most in-demand web technologies in Boston. [
March, 2014
- SQL | 4,272
18%
- Java | 3,427
14%
- JavaScript | 2,550
20%
- agile *** | 2,479
13%
- Oracle | 2,242
07%
- Python | 1,570
13%
- "Web Services" | 1,441
19%
- SQL Server | 1,429
20%
- C# | 1,409
13%
- Social Media | 1,390
12%
- XML | 1,286
07%
- HTML + CSS | 1,276
21%
- SaaS | 1,151
26%
- jQuery | 1,111
16%
- UI | 1,070
05%
- MySQL | 917
00%
- Perl | 899
01%
- scrum *** | 848
15%
- Ruby | 824
02%
- PHP | 751
07%
- Ajax | 762
18%
- HTML5 | 744
29%
- SharePoint | 670
09%
- MVC | 640
32%
- UX | 639
34%
*** Note:
While "agile" and "scrum" are not technologies, they are methodologies used in technology
development. These keywords appear in many web development job descriptions. Experience with "agile" and "scrum" is often required or preferred.
Select five technical skills in the Top 25 and focus on becoming proficient, if not expert, in these technologies. What are your Top Five technology skills? What projects can you link to that demonstrate expertise in these technologies?
Guard against being distracted by "shiny new object skills" that are not listed in the Top 25. Without having solid core skills in high-demand technolgies, you may not experience an optimum return-on-investment in terms of time and energy invested in becoming proficient at lower-demand technical skills.
An expanded version of this list -- Boston's Top 100 Web Technologies -- is being counted down for the next three months @webapprentices.
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Recommended Strategy
Select five technical skills in the Top 25 and focus on becoming proficient, if not expert, in these technologies. What are your Top Five technology skills? What projects can you link to that demonstrate expertise in these technologies?
Guard against being distracted by "shiny new object skills" that are not listed in the Top 25. Without having solid core skills in high-demand technolgies, you may not experience an optimum return-on-investment in terms of time and energy invested in becoming proficient at lower-demand technical skills.
Boston's Top 100 Web Technologies
An expanded version of this list -- Boston's Top 100 Web Technologies -- is being counted down for the next three months @webapprentices.
[ NOTE: Follow Beantown Web on Twitter @webapprentices and become a Fan of Beantown Web on Facebook today. ]